Algerian armed forces

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AlgeriaAlgeria Algerian Armed Forces
Armée nationale populaire
الجيش الوطني الشعبي الجزائري
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guide
Commander in Chief : President Abdelmadjid Tebboune
Military Commander: General Said Chengriha
Military leadership: General Staff
Headquarters: Algiers
Military strength
Active soldiers: 520,000
Conscription: Yes
Resilient population: 150,000 men aged 17 to 50
Eligibility for military service:
household
Military budget: 15.3 billion UDS (2015)
history
Founding: 1962
T-72 of the Algerian Army
MiG-29 of the Algerian Air Force

The Algerian Armed Forces ( French Armée nationale populaire , Arabic الجيش الوطني الشعبي الجزائري) are the military of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria . They comprise 147,000 soldiers who are divided into the armed forces of the army , air force and navy . The Ministry of Defense also reports to the gendarmerie , the border guard and other paramilitary groups.

history

During the Algerian War, the Army de Liberation Nationale existed as a military organization of the Front de Liberation nationale . After the Algerian War and the ensuing war, the Armée National Populaire was formed as the national armed forces of Algeria. In them, the external FLN army, formed in Tunisia and Morocco outside Algeria, played the dominant role. The guerrillas, organized in different districts in the country, were supposed to join the Armée nationale populaire . In autumn 1962, shortly after the country gained independence, the foreign units were involved in brief skirmishes against parts of the domestic guerrillas, who refused to bow to the prevailing power bloc made up of politicians led by Ahmed Ben Bella and the military from the foreign organization led by Houari Boumedienne .

Arms purchases and defense budget

The Algerian armed forces have been equipped with modern Russian weapons since 2005 . In 2006 Algeria spent 7.5 billion dollars on Russian weapons. Additional military spending of $ 7 billion was planned for 2007, after spending less than $ 100 million annually on arms purchases from 2000 to 2005. The Navy was to receive six AW101 and four Super Lynx 300 Mk.130 helicopters from AgustaWestland from 2010 . Since 2010, Algeria has been investing more and more in modern systems from Russian production and in some systems acts as the only user outside the Russian Federation. Thus were T-90 battle tank, BMP-3 armored personnel carriers, Mil Mi-28 combat helicopters, Suchoi Su-30 fighter aircraft, and Suchoi Su-34 imported fighter bomber. In 2009, the defense budget was $ 5.3 billion.

Conscription and reserve

There is general conscription , but the 18-month military service can only be done in the army. After six months of general military basic training, there is usually a twelve-month deployment within the framework of civil-military cooperation.

An additional 150,000 reservists are available to the army in the event of mobilization . In this case, convocation is possible up to the age of 50.

army

The Algerian Army (الجيش الوطني الشعبي) has a strength of about 127,000 soldiers . The inventory includes a. 300 T-90 main battle tanks .

air force

The Algerian Air Force (القوات الجوية الجزائرية) (including the air defense) has a strength of about 14,000 soldiers . You have u. a. over 12 air defense complexes S-300PMU , 40 air superiority fighters MiG-29SMT , 28 multipurpose fighters Su-30MKA and 42 helicopters Mil Mi-28 .

marine

The Algerian Navy (القوات البحرية الجزائرية) has a strength of about 6000 soldiers . The three old Koni-class frigates and two Kilo-class submarines are currently being modernized.

Gendarmerie Nationale

The Gendarmerie Nationale with 200,000 men is divided into six regions, analogous to the military regions of the Army . It reports to the Algerian Ministry of Defense.

The basic training of the gendarmerie takes place in Sidi Bel Abbes , the officers' school is in Isser .

On vehicles are u. a. Panhard AML-60 / M-3 , Fahd , Mercedes G and BRDM 3 are available.

Other associations

The Ministry of Defense is also responsible for the border guard and around 150,000 local militias and self-defense troops.

Please refer

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Country information from the Austrian Ministry of Defense
  2. ↑ John Ruedy: Modern Algeria - The Origins and Development of a Nation. 2nd Edition. Bloomington, 2005, pp. 193f
  3. ↑ http://www.baz.ch/news/index.cfm?ObjectID=A90EB27E-1422-0CEF-70F793490B9B287 A (link not available)
  4. ↑ a b c Country information from the Austrian Ministry of Defense

Web links

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